Historical Markers in Town Creek, Alabama

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Historical Markers in Town Creek, Alabama

1 ► Alabama, Lawrence County, Town Creek — A Brief History — Wheeler Lock & Dam —

In January 1933, just before TVA was formed, the US Army corps of Engineers began working on Wheeler Lock and Dam to improve navigation on the treacherous upper Muscle Shoals and Elk river Shoals. When TVA was created that May, it took over . . . — — Map (db m229351) HM

2 ► Alabama, Lawrence County, Town Creek — From Wheeler to the moon ... — Wheeler Lock & Dam —

Many people may not relize that NASA’s first voyage to the moon was intended to travel through the lock at TVA's Wheeler Dam. NASA planned to ship its Saturn rocket booster (which would eventually carry astrounts to the moon for the Apollo program . . . — — Map (db m229349) HM

3 ► Alabama, Lawrence County, Town Creek — O.C. Stanley Grocery and Service Station —

Built on this site in 1921, the store was a vital enterprise and local gathering place for African American residents of Town Creek and the surrounding rural communities. The Rev. O. C. Stanley owned and operated the business for more than six . . . — — Map (db m192089) HM

4 ► Alabama, Lawrence County, Town Creek — Saunders~ Hall~ Goode Mansion —

This mansion, located about one mile east, was placed on the National Register of Historic places 1 Oct 1974. Built by Turner Saunders (1782-1853) on property purchased 9 April 1833, the house may have an earlier construction date. Revolutionary . . . — — Map (db m37281) HM

5 ► Alabama, Lawrence County, Town Creek — The TVA System of Multi-purpose Dams — Wheeler Dam — Built for the people of the United States of America —

The Tennessee River has its headwaters in the mountains of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia. The main stream forms at Knoxville, where the Houston and the French Broad Rivers join. The valley, 41,000 square miles in area, receives . . . — — Map (db m47486) HM

6 ► Alabama, Lawrence County, Town Creek — Trail of Tears —

Form the late 1700's to 1807 a Cherokee Chief named Doublehead guarded this area, that was claimed by both the Cherokee and Chickasaw Nations as sacred hunting grounds against encroachment of white settlers. Chief Doublehead had the reputation . . . — — Map (db m84646) HM

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